millstone

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

  1. A large round stone used for grinding grain.
  2. A coarse-grained sandstone used for making such stones; millstone grit.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, figuratively) Ellipsis of millstone round one's neck, a heavy responsibility that is difficult to bear (referring to Matthew 18:6 in the Bible).

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/ˈmɪlstəʊn/
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In summary

From Middle English mylneston, milneston, from Old English mylenstān (“millstone”), from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu + *stain; equivalent to mill + stone; cognate with Danish møllesten, Middle Dutch molensteen (modern Dutch molensteen), West Frisian molestien, Norwegian Bokmål møllestein, Old Saxon mulinstēn (Middle Low German mȫlenstēn), Old High German mulinstein, mülstein (Middle High German mülstein, modern German Mühlstein).

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